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Once the woman ca over, the gentleman snatched the phone away roughly before offering it back to Mo Xiaong with both hands.
After taking back her phone, Mo Xiaong glared at him angrily.
Ye Sijue pulled her to his side. Looping an arm around her, he patted her as he said, “How do you want to punish him?”
The crowd around them suggested, “Call the police! Little miss, you shouldn’t let them go. These human traffickers are the worst, and will never turn over a new leaf.”
“That’s right, they should be locked up!”
Mo Xiaong thought that this sounded right. “Call the police then.”
Upon hearing that the police were going to be called, the gentleman didn’t look very scared.
The corner of Ye Sijue’s mouth twitched darkly.
After a while, the policen arrived and took both the gentleman and the thin woman away.
The crowd even reminded the policen kindheartedly that the thin woman may have been kidnapped, and wished that they could investigate it properly and send her ho.
The policen agreed wholeheartedly that they would do so.
However, once the police car was a ways away, it stopped at a road. The gentleman got out, dragging the thin woman with him.
…
The crowd dispersed.
Mo Xiaong hugged Ye Sijue’s arm. She still had so lingering fears as she thought about what had happened earlier.
Her face was frowning as she said softly, “Why are the bad guys nowadays so scary…”
Ye Sijue lifted her chin so that she could look at him.
“Now that you know how scary it is out there, do you still want to run away?”
“I know I’m in the wrong now…” Mo Xiaong pouted and moved closer, burying her head in his chest. She listened to his calm and steady heartbeat and the fear in her heart seed to be replaced by peace.
Ye Sijue kissed the top of her head. “Alright, let’s go and get you so food.”
Mo Xiaong shook her head. “I ate earlier.”
He replied mildly, “I haven’t eaten.”
Mo Xiaong paused. Lifting her head, she looked at him guiltily. “I’m sorry…”
Ye Sijue looked into her eyes and said, “It’s okay. Don’t do this again next ti, alright? I’ll worry.”
“Okay.” Mo Xiaong nodded.
The pair went into the nearest restaurant.
After ordering their dishes, Ye Sijue made a call.
Mo Xiaong looked at him and asked, “Is Xiaoxiao and the rest arriving?”
“No,” Ye Sijue explained, “I’m calling the police. So people tend to swerve from their line of duty and they need to be under supervision.”
Swerve from their line of duty? Mo Xiaong didn’t get the aning behind those words.
Ye Sijue didn’t want her to know about the bad things that were happening and thus didn’t provide any further explanation.
That gentleman was evidently in cahoots with the police. He wouldn’t be taken to the police station but released along the way.
His call was to the head of the police bureau here to casually remind him of this matter. If the head still wanted to keep his post, he would know what to do.
Just then, Mo Xiaong’s phone rang.
She was delighted by the caller ID. “It’s Xiaoxiao!”
After her call, Mo Xiaong said to Ye Sijue happily, “Xiaoxiao says that they’re arriving! Oh yeah, they said that they want us to move over to where they’re staying so that we can all be together.”
Nanxiang Old Town was experiencing a tourist boom because of the Water Lantern Festival. The inns here were almost fully booked, and it would have been very difficult to book a reservation for a room if they just arrived.
Ye Sijue asked, “What inn have they booked?”
Mo Xiaong shook her head. “I don’t know. Xiaoxiao says that she’ll send us the address so that we can go there directly.”
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